{"id":451,"date":"2020-03-09T09:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/?p=451"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T12:22:56","slug":"norah-christina-jolliffe-1900-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/norah-christina-jolliffe-1900-1951\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Women Digital: 6. Norah Christina Jolliffe (1900 &#8211; 1951)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Norah Christina Jolliffe came to the University of Reading as a Lecturer in Classics. Educated at Cheltenham Ladies College and Girton College, Cambridge, she was considered a brilliant scholar both in classics and archaeology by her lecturers and contemporaries.\u00a0 She stayed at Reading for seven years (1926\u2013 1934), during which time she was Curator of the University&#8217;s &#8220;Romano-British Museum&#8221;, which included objects that Donald Atkinson purchased from a museum in Cologne when he was Fellow in Roman Archaeology at University College Reading, c. 1914. She also participated in the British Museum excavation of Camulodunum, (Roman Colchester), during this period.\u00a0 In 1932, she organised a successful meeting of the Classical Association at the University, garnering praise from her colleagues and the University&#8217;s Deputy Vice-Chancellor.\u00a0 Her special subject was Romano-British religion; she published an article on the goddess Brigantia in the <em>Archaeological Journal\u00a0<\/em>in 1941.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Norah Jolliffe - Hidden Women in the Archive\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rj9UU4FUAz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>OBJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Roman lamp stand with original label in Annie Ure&#8217;s handwriting. Once part of &#8220;the Romano-British Museum&#8221; at the University of Reading (formerly in Cologne) [Ure Museum 79.1.13].<\/p>\n<p>2 An African red-slip plate said to have been found in a 2<sup>nd<\/sup>Century BC cemetery. Once part of &#8220;the Romano-British Museum&#8221; at the University of Reading (formerly in Cologne) [on loan from University of Reading Archaeology Department].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Archive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 A copy of University College Reading&#8217;s <em>Annual Report and Accounts\u00a0<\/em>for the 1919\/1920 session, noting the creation of a &#8220;Museum of Archaeology&#8221; at 30 Portland Place. This museum included artefacts that were eventually held in the Museum of Greek Archaeology and the Romano-British Museum [on loan from University of Reading Library].<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on Norah Christina Jolliffe in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.girton.cam.ac.uk\/news\/glimpses-girton-norah-jolliffe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guest post<\/a> on Girton College&#8217;s website!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Move on to <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/julia-katharine-wickes-steele-1871-1942\/\">Julia Katharine (Wickes) Steele<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Go back to <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/margaret-elizabeth-meta-williams-1859-1952\/\">Margaret Elizabeth &#8220;Meta&#8221; Williams<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Norah Christina Jolliffe came to the University of Reading as a Lecturer in Classics. 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